The 1909 Heath monoplane was designed and built by Ed. Heath.
Heath 1909 monoplane
Aircraft
Heath 115 Special / CNA-40 / Hansen Specal
The 1933 Heath CNA 115 Special is a competition version of CNA-40 with clipped wing and bigger propeller for improved performance in races.
Heath CNA NC12892 was modified for racing and named the 115 Special. Higher turtledeck, shorter tapered wings, wheels pants, and general overall refining improved performance. After appearing in the 1933 races, NR12882 was returned to ATC status which included longer constant chord wing with full span ailerons. It did retain the raised turtledeck.
The first flight of NR12882, after modifications, ended with an engine failure. Pilot Bill Kysor ran out of altitude and ended in a ditch bordering Niles Airport.
Following the Chicargo races, after it was returned to ATC status, NC12882 suffered another incident.
One was built as Hansen Special, NR282W, and restored in 1965.
Heath 115 Special
Engine: 32hp Bristol Cherub
Wing span: 18’2″
Length: 17’3″
Load: 228 lb
Max speed: 105 mph
Cruise speed: 85 mph
Stall: 60 mph
Heath LNB4 Parasol
Designed and built originally in the U.S.A. by Ed. Heath during the early 1930s, this single seat sports aeroplane was built in large numbers prior to the 1939-45 War. The Parasol was powered mainly with Heath’s own conversion of the 25-hp Henderson motorcycle engine. Production was undertaken for an early version of this aircraft in Australia, as early as 1931 by the Adcock-Heath Co.
The fuselage is built of welded steel tube and is fabric covered. The wings consist of two solid spruce spars, built-up wooden ribs, compression struts and internal bracing. Externally, the wings are braced by steel tubes to the fuselage. The empennage is built of wood, the fin and tailplane being externally braced. The whole aircraft is fabric covered. Two 5 Imp. gallon fuel tanks are installed at the root end of each wing half, the fuel being gravity fed to the engine.
While some were factory built, and the last model actually received an Approved Type Certificate (ATC) in 1932, the majority were homebuilt from factory-supplied kits or from magazine plans. Still being built, this single-seater is usually powered by either a Volkswagen conversion or a 65 hp Continental and is constructed of wood, fabric and tubular steel.
A Plymouth Aero Club member flew a Parasol in the UK powered by a Douglas dirt track motor cycle engine.
Ultralight replica: Rag Wing RW 5 Heath Replica
Engine: Continental A40
Wingspan: 31ft. 3 in
Length: 17 ft. 3 in
Wing Area: 135 sq. ft.
Empty Weight: 450 lb.
Gross weight: 700 lb
Fuel capacity: 9 USgals
Wing Loading: 5.2 lb/sq. ft.
Max. Speed: 85mph.
Top speed: 73 mph
Cruise speed: 62 mph
Stall Speed: 32mph.
Climb rate: 500 fpm.
Range: 330 miles.
Takeoff run 400 ft.
Landing roll 400 ft.
Heath Cannon Ball Special
Heath Baby Bullet
The 1928 Heath Baby Bullet mid-wing monoplane racer exceeded 100mph (160kmh) on only 32 hp.
Heath Aircraft Co
Edward Bayard Heath was born on November 17, 1888 in Brooklyn, New York to Clark Heath and Ada M. Johnson.
Heath designed and built a series of aircraft starting in 1909 with a Bleriot-inspired monoplane. His first flight was on 10 October 1909 in Amsterdam, New York resulting in a broken landing gear. On July 4, 1910 Heath made $500 in appearance fees and $200 in photograph revenues from his aircraft that flew 3 feet above the ground.
In 1911 Heath went to work for Glen Curtiss in Hammondsport, New York as a motorcycle mechanic, next to the Curtiss aircraft factory where he built a second aircraft with Walter Eales making short aerial runs. After purchasing the Chicago-based Bates Aeroplane Company in 1912, Heath founded the E.B. Heath Aerial Vehicle Co., later becoming the Heath Airplane Company.
His company produced the Heath Feather and Heath Favorite after World War I, and later the Heath Parasol series of aircraft powered with Henderson Motorcycle engines.
The 1928 Heath Baby Bullet mid-wing monoplane racer exceeded 100mph (160kmh) on only 32 hp. Heath Super Soarer biplane glider, built 1930, was first unpowered aircraft to loop-the-loop. Heath Parasol of 1931, designed to be powered by a converted motorcycle engine, sold in large numbers to amateur builders.
Married to Berna Heath, Heath died on February 1, 1931 (aged 42) in Maine Township, Cook County, Illinois. He was in an aircraft accident while testing a new low-wing aircraft design.
Heath’s company was eventually purchased and after World War II, changed its product to kit electronics. Heathkit filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2012. As of 2019, the company has a live website at http://www.heathkit.com.
HB-Aircraft HB 207 Alfa
Engine: VW HB 2400 G/2, 110 HP / 80 KW
Fuel flow:16-20 l/h
Fuel capacity: 100 Lt
Length: 5.95 m
Height: 1.95 m
Wingspan: 9.00 m
Wing area: 9.50 sq.m
Max take off weight: 640 kg
Empty weight: 440 kg
g-limits: 4.4 / -2.2
Never exceed speed: 166 knots
V-Cruise: 132 Knots
Stall speed clean: 50 knots
Stall speed 30deg flaps: 45 Knots
Climb speed: 1082 fpm
Take off distance: 623 feet
Take off distance to 50 foot obstacle: 984 feet
HB-Aircraft Industries Luftfahrzeug AG. / HB Flugtechnik
Austria
Developed HB-23 Hobbyliner two-seat light aircraft/motorglider and Scanliner surveillance/observation/patrol variant, principally produced in 1980s. Company renamed HB Flugtechnik 1992, but halted production. Aircraft currently produced by HB Aviation International
2009: HB Flugtechnik A-4053 Haid-Ansfelden, Austria
Hayot Multiplane
The tandem Hayot multiplane had divided tail surface in the foreground, preceded by five sets of small triplane wings going forward to the nose.
Hayot 1911 monoplane
The Hayot 1911 monoplane was designed and built by Captain Hayot in France.
1911
Span: 39’4″
Weight: 1100 lbs
1913
Span: 42’8″
Length: 28’4″
Weight empty: 1212 lbs
